Unit Traditions
There are many traditions within the Unit such as annual trips, events and gatherings.
Trips
- Summer Trips - Most Summers the Unit spends a few weeks abroad on an adventurous trip full of expeditions, travelling, activities and experiencing foreign life
- New Year Trips - Every year the Unit spends a week between Christmas and New Year on an all-purpose trip full of a range of adventures and activities, usually in Wales, Scotland or the Lake District
- Easter Trips - Every Easter the Unit spends a week somewhere in the UK on an activity-oriented and explorative trip
Unit Member Gatherings
- Boxing Day Fancy Dress Football Match - Every year we all meet up at Graves Park on Boxing Day to play a game of football in fancy dress: Unit Members vs. Ex-Unit Members
- Unit Dinner - Every year the current Unit members put on an evening of food and entertainment to thank all those who support us throughout the year; parents, leaders and helpers - Members prepare and serve a 5-course meal and provide entertainments in the form of a sketch show and a Review of the Year video
- Christmas Lunch at Grindleford Café - Every year, in mid-December, Unit members walk (or drive) from Woodseats to Grindleford and have Christmas Lunch together in the Station Café
Events
- Apex Challenge - The Apex Challenge is a Scout competition which was launched in 2002 by Ex-Unit Member Matt Richards and is aimed at Explorers and the Network, it is now the largest Scouting competition in the North of England and has teams entering from all over the country, the most recent event in October 2008 saw 70 teams battling for the amazing prizes. Woodseats enters teams every year and has won 6 of the 12 Explorer competitions and 6 of the 11 Network competitions, and is the current holder of both competition trophies. There is only one other group that has won it more than once (Stannington have won it twice). See all results here
- The Four Inns Walk - The Four Inns Walk is a tough competitive walk in the Peak District, approximately 72km (45 miles) long, over some of the roughest moorland in Britain. The Walk takes its name from the four inns along its route - The Isle Of Skye (site of), Snake Pass Inn, Nags Head and Cat & Fiddle. The competition is available for Scouting and non-Scouting organisations to take part in [wikipedia]
- The Derwent Watershed - Every year, on the longest day of the year, Unit members attempt to walk the Derwent Watershed
- Splashdown - The annual watersports weekend at Rother Valley Country Park in July is another event no Scout member in the area wants to miss out on. A weekend of canoeing, sailing, windsurfing and rafting is enjoyed by Scouts, Explorers and Network members every year, and of course, the legendry Saturday Night disco run by Unit members
- St. George's Day Parade - On the Sunday of St. George's Day in April all the Scouts in Sheffield march through the City Centre and have a service at City Hall. Tradition reveals that a photo is taken every year of attending members, outside City Hall
Weekly
- Thursday Nights - Every week the Unit holds its members' meeting on Thursday evenings where a pre-organised activity happens, often inside at HQ or sometimes outside on the moors
- Sunday Nights - Every week, on Sunday Nights, the Sheaf District Swimming Section holds its sessions at Graves Tennis & Leisure Centre where swimming, lifesaving, lifeguarding and canoeing courses take place courtesy of qualified teaching Unit members, past & present